Incense In The Wind

Radiating Incense In The Wind - a painting by Hai Linh Le

Wednesday 2 May 2018

Tulasi Jasmine




There is a pleasant refreshing sharpness about this. Yes, there's the jasmine, but the scent is a little crisper than average for a floral aroma - there's a cleansing citric tang of lemon that makes this a great scent for waking up the house.

Date: Nov 2018   Score:  35





I like this. Though it's a jasmine scent, there's a stronger suggestion of lemongrass - it's clean, lively and refreshing. It brings a positive spirit into a room. It's a perfumed-dipped charcoal stick - the everyday incense of India, and a frequent everyday incense in our house. Perfume-dipped charcoal sticks are cheap as chips, friendly, casual, and with a wide variety of scents from the traditional to the modern and sophisticated. They are not often heavenly or profound, but as your everyday incense friend they are indispensable. The stick has chemical compounds - volatile esters that are not unpleasant, but are clearly non-organic in origin; a bit like a mix of shoe leather and toilet cleaner. It's not promising! But when burned the aroma is quite reasonable - there are drop out points when the charcoal is more noticeable, but this is not common. The sticks are machine made, and the mix has been applied evenly, so is fairly consistent.

The lower notes are suggestive of a fat and floral jasmine, while the higher notes are closer to that lemongrass - bright and sharp and quite uplifting. Yes, a bloody good everyday incense!


Date: May 2018  Score: 33

***

Best jasmine incense

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